#F8E596#F8E596

#F8E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E596
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 39.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -4.36, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 41.09, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.011 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.2372, 78.1994, 40.1371)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E596 #96A9F8

analogous

#F8B496 #F8E596 #DAF896

triadic

#F8E596 #96F8E5 #E596F8

tetradic

#F8E596 #96F8B4 #96A9F8 #F896DA

square

#F8E596 #96F8B4 #96A9F8 #F896DA

split-complementary

#F8E596 #96DAF8 #B496F8

monochromatic

#F0C923 #F4D75D #F8E596 #FCF3CF #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F8E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#F8E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E596

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E596	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcedb6',
    500: '#f8e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e596;
$custom-light: #fcedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91982,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E596

secondary

#5B73D8

accent

#2DE401

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E596

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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